Shower-bath fixture



Oct. 29, 1929.

M. w. WUESTHOFF 1,733,521

SHOWER BATH FIXTURE Filed Nov. 1925 INVEN TOR.

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Patented Oct. 29, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MAXIMILIAN W.WUESTHOFF, 01 SAN FRANCISCO, CALII'ORNIA, ASSIGNOB TO ED- WARD T.FOULKES, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA SHOWEIHBATH FIXTURE Applicationfiled November Thisinvention relates to shower bath fixtures and has forits object to provide a shower bath fixture capable of being constructedin so far as exposed parts are concerned, of porcelain or china, andwherein the shower head is capable of angular adjustment.

The invention includes also the provision of means for connecting theface plate to the shower head so that the same may be quickly and easilydetached to facilitate cleaning.

One form which my invention may assume is exemplified in the followingdescription and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1shows a central longitudinal sectional view of the fixture;

Fig. 2 shows a sectional view of a portion of the fixture taken at rightangles to Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 shows a detail of one of the parts used in connecting theperforated face plate to the shower head.

The device as herein illustrated comprises a stationary conduit 10constructed preferably of porcelain. wall or other supporting surface11, and to be connected to a supply pipe 12. The connection between theporcelain conduit and the supply pipe includes a metallic sleeve 13fitted slidably and non-rotatably within the porcelain conduit, andscrew-threaded onto the pipe 12 so as to press against a rubber gasket14. This particular form of connection is similar to the one shown in myPatent Number 1,548,570, issued August 4, 1925.

The outer end of the conduit 10 has a semispherical shoulder 15co-operating with a similarly shaped shoulder 16 on the shower headproper. This shower head is constructed of porcelain and includes abell-shaped neck portion 17 and a perforated face plate 18. .Theface-plate 18 is detachably connected to the bell-shaped portion bymeans of a bolt 19 threaded onto a spider 20.- The spider is of springmaterial and rests upon a flange 21 formed on the inner edge of thebell-shaped member 17. The bolt 19 is preferably provided with a centralduct or bore 22, which serves as a vent. I

An important phase of the present invention is the pivotal connectionbetween the It is adapted to seat against a P 5, 1925. Serial No.66,989.

shoulder members 15 and 16, whereby the shower head may be movedangularly. This pivotal connection includes a bolt 23 extendin throughbothof the shoulders and provided at its ends with a stuffing box 24, soas to prevent leakage from the interior of the hollow shoulder at thesepoints. Each stuffing box includes a threaded portion 25 extendingwithin the shoulder members, and connected to each of these threadedportions is a transversely perforated, cylindrical member 26. Thesecylinders are fitted together telescopically at their inner ends, andeach 18 provided with a flange 27 lying adjacent the flat surfaces ofthe co-operating shoulders. Preferably there is a packing member 28between each flange 27 and the adjacent shoulder, to prevent leakage,and each cylindrical member is held against rotation within the shoulderby means of interlocking lugs 29.

By tightening the nuts on the bolt 23, the flanges 27 can be pressed tihtly together; and likewise the packing mem ers 28 can be comtactingfaces of the flanges 27 I may provide suitable packing means 30.

The operation of this pivotal connection is believed to be obvious. Itpermits of the connection of two hollow porcelain or china memberstogether, so as to allow one to be moved with relation to the other. Itis so arranged as to prevent leakage where the metallic parts passthrough the porcelain members, and is sufficiently stron and rugged towithstand the strains inci ent. to adjustment of the shower head. Thenuts on the bolt 23 can be tightened sufiiciently to draw the partstogether with enough friction so that the shower head will remain in anyof its various positions of adjustment, while at the same time it may bemoved without undue effort into different positions.

Various changes in the construction and arrangement of the several partsmay be employed, without departing from the spirit of my invention asdisclosed in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

ressed. To prevent leakage between the con- In a shower bath fixture, arigid member adapted to be connected with a supply pipe and forming aconduit for water, sa1d memher having a hollow shouldered portion of 5ceramic material at its end, and another ri 'id member having a hollowshouldered portion I of ceramic material to co-operate with the shoulderon the rigid member, means for pivotally connecting said shoulderedmembers together and to form a communication between them for thepassage of water, said ivotal connection including a bolt exten ingthrough both shouldered members, transversely perforated cylindricalmembers of metal within each shoulder and surrounding the bolt, saidcylindrical members terminating in flanges on the exterior of the innerfaces of the shouldered ortions, packing means between each end 0 thebolt and the adjacent shouldered member, packing means between theflange of each cylinder and the adjacent face of the shouldered member,and packing means between the contacting faces of the flanges.

2s MAXIMILIAN W. WUESTHOFF.

